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I Know How You’re Feeling, I Read Chekhov
By PAM BELLUCK Casey Kelbaugh for The New York TimesEmanuele Castano and David Comer Kidd worked on a study that found that reading literary fiction leads to better performance on tests of social perception.
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Lady Thatcher and Tony Blair used ‘hubristic language’, research finds
A new study has found that British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and the late Lady Thatcher used hubristic language during their respective periods in office.
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Words We Love Too Much
A careful reader pointed out an increasingly common device: modifiers coined by tacking “centric” on to just about every noun in sight. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/words-we-love-too-much-11